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The Blythes Are Quoted, by L. M. Montgomery
The Road to Yesterday always felt... lacking to me, and now I know why. This is (as far as a dedicated editor can tell) how that book was meant to go, with extra stories, tons of poetry, and not-very-important-and-yet-truly-important tiny asides by all the Ingleside folks. I loved this so much. I really should go back and read all the LMM books - as a kid I reread them even more than I did Tolkien.
(67, O30)
The Everything Health Guide to Fibromyalgia, by Winnie Yu
This was not as full of useful information as the other book I read (in fact some of this information is outdated or just plain wrong - it was published in 2006). However, it has lots and lots of useful ADVICE - so much of it that I now have a project to do involving organizing all the advice I'm successfully trying, having trouble enacting but seems to help, tried and rejected, really want to try, or am vaguely intrigued by, into a giant annotated document. Inspired by all the advice in this book. Thumbs up.
(68)
The Accidental Highwayman, by Ben Tripp
This took a long time to grab me, but once I got to what felt like the heart of the work (at least 100 pages in or more), it was a delight. Wait for the circus bits to decide if you like it, she said cryptically.
(69)
The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant
In day to day life, I mostly find the "feminine mysteries" vexing, even self-alienating sometimes. However, once in a while I like to read a book that reminds me of the majesty of life and death and desire and the passage of time for long-ago women. I'm also a sucker for biblical retellings. So I ate this up.
(70)
This One Summer, by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki
So so so much love for this book. Captures the splendor and awkwardness of summer friends on the edge of puberty nigh perfectly (to the point of stirring up my own memories). Plus the art is incredible. <3 <3 <3 <3 (x 500).
(71)
Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart, by Christopher Fowler
This one (12th in the series) was definitely better (both tidier and more compelling) than the previous few, which had been on a decline. Still not as brilliant as the first half-dozen. I particularly enjoyed the richness of the one-off secondary characters, and the plague of kittens.
(72)
The Road to Yesterday always felt... lacking to me, and now I know why. This is (as far as a dedicated editor can tell) how that book was meant to go, with extra stories, tons of poetry, and not-very-important-and-yet-truly-important tiny asides by all the Ingleside folks. I loved this so much. I really should go back and read all the LMM books - as a kid I reread them even more than I did Tolkien.
(67, O30)
The Everything Health Guide to Fibromyalgia, by Winnie Yu
This was not as full of useful information as the other book I read (in fact some of this information is outdated or just plain wrong - it was published in 2006). However, it has lots and lots of useful ADVICE - so much of it that I now have a project to do involving organizing all the advice I'm successfully trying, having trouble enacting but seems to help, tried and rejected, really want to try, or am vaguely intrigued by, into a giant annotated document. Inspired by all the advice in this book. Thumbs up.
(68)
The Accidental Highwayman, by Ben Tripp
This took a long time to grab me, but once I got to what felt like the heart of the work (at least 100 pages in or more), it was a delight. Wait for the circus bits to decide if you like it, she said cryptically.
(69)
The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant
In day to day life, I mostly find the "feminine mysteries" vexing, even self-alienating sometimes. However, once in a while I like to read a book that reminds me of the majesty of life and death and desire and the passage of time for long-ago women. I'm also a sucker for biblical retellings. So I ate this up.
(70)
This One Summer, by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki
So so so much love for this book. Captures the splendor and awkwardness of summer friends on the edge of puberty nigh perfectly (to the point of stirring up my own memories). Plus the art is incredible. <3 <3 <3 <3 (x 500).
(71)
Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart, by Christopher Fowler
This one (12th in the series) was definitely better (both tidier and more compelling) than the previous few, which had been on a decline. Still not as brilliant as the first half-dozen. I particularly enjoyed the richness of the one-off secondary characters, and the plague of kittens.
(72)
